verb
- to regard or represent as better or more perfect than reality; to idealize excessively
Examples
- Many people overidealize their childhood memories.
- The documentary warned against overidealizing historical figures.
- She tends to overidealize romantic relationships from movies.
- Critics argued that the biography overidealized the politician’s legacy.
- It’s easy to overidealize a simpler way of life.
- The novel overidealized rural living while ignoring its hardships.